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there are 300 million guns in the united states of america. between 280 million and 300 million. 4 million guns come online every year so we're a country saturated with guns and somewhat of a miracle this doesn't happen more than it does. i mean, what do you tell your -- i don't knowful i'm trying to work but that right now. how do you explain evil and breakdown in policy an people who aren't fit to carry a pen knife much less a weapon have access to weapons? even in the state with relatively tough gun laws like connecticut. i don't know how you explain any of that except to say that maybe this is the day to talk about those issues. as much as i understand the impulse to say, this is not the day for politics, maybe we should be having a frank discussion about how to defend ourselves against this kind of violence, how to shape policy so that doesn't happen quite so often. collin goddard, your thoughts? >> we have to have this conversation. i mean, the 32 of us who are killed every single day, this happens all the time. if you follow the logic o
there are 300 million guns in the united states of america. between 280 million and 300 million. 4 million guns come online every year so we're a country saturated with guns and somewhat of a miracle this doesn't happen more than it does. i mean, what do you tell your -- i don't knowful i'm trying to work but that right now. how do you explain evil and breakdown in policy an people who aren't fit to carry a pen knife much less a weapon have access to weapons? even in the state with relatively...
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i know there is not a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. among the fallen were also teachers and men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. our hearts are broken today. for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children and for the families of the adults who were lost. our hearts are broken for the parents of the survivors as well. for as blessed as they are to have their children home tonight, they know their children's innocence has been torn away from them too early and there no words that will ease their pain. as a country we have been through this too many times. whether it's an elementary school in newtown or a shopping mall in oregon or temple in wisconsin or a movie theater in aurora or a street corner in chicago. these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods and these
i know there is not a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died today were children. beautiful kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. among the fallen were also teachers and men and women who devoted their lives to helping our children fulfill their dreams. our hearts are broken today. for the parents and grandparents, sisters and...
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dare i say for all of america. much of the world right now. you don't often see the president of the united states showing such emotion, wiping away tears as he speaks of these little kids, 5 to 10-year-old kids, the majority of the victims who were killed in this mass shooting in connecticut today. got to tell you, i covered a lot of presidents, i haven't seen a president emerge as emotionally charged and this is a president who has two daughters, he sends to school every day, like millions of other parents all over the country, how much they can identify with what is going on right now, this insanity that has occurred in this small elementary school in connecticut. today, john king is joining with us more information. we have covered presidents, not often -- dare i say, i don't remember a time i've seen a president start literally crying like that in the middle of a major statement. >> as the president himself noted, wolf, i think he was addressing the nation more as a father than as a president. and i can -- i've been texting my teenage dau
dare i say for all of america. much of the world right now. you don't often see the president of the united states showing such emotion, wiping away tears as he speaks of these little kids, 5 to 10-year-old kids, the majority of the victims who were killed in this mass shooting in connecticut today. got to tell you, i covered a lot of presidents, i haven't seen a president emerge as emotionally charged and this is a president who has two daughters, he sends to school every day, like millions of...
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chris, you know, we know the challenge many america. many times we have both parents that are working, so now we have parents who may be in new york city trying to find their way back again to get somebody to come pick up their children in this terrible situation, and we don't know yet, chris, who all the victims are. we know that the shooter is supposedly shot and killed. i have seen one report that a teacher was wounded. we've had other suggestions of sightings of children with blood on them, so we don't know yet the full course of the injury, the damage that's been sustained by the school by the people -- >> one second. we do have sound from one of the children on the scene. let's take a listen. >> i was in the gym, and i heard a loud -- well, i heard, like, seven loud booms, and the gym teacher told us to go in the corner, so we all huddled, and i kept hearing these booming noises, and we all started -- well, we didn't scream. we started crying, so all the gym teachers told us to go into the office where no one could find us, so the
chris, you know, we know the challenge many america. many times we have both parents that are working, so now we have parents who may be in new york city trying to find their way back again to get somebody to come pick up their children in this terrible situation, and we don't know yet, chris, who all the victims are. we know that the shooter is supposedly shot and killed. i have seen one report that a teacher was wounded. we've had other suggestions of sightings of children with blood on them,...
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the question remains where now for america's union movement? joining me now to have the conversation is the president of the american federation of teachers, a great friend, randi weingarten. >> it is great to be here. >> eliot: what happened in michigan is destructive. it is bad. it is based upon false information. but it does reflect an unfortunate reality which is that the heart and soul of the public is no longer behind the union movement the way it used to be. how do we change that? >> well, number one we have to get to a point where community -- our communities -- our neighbors see that unions are a proxy for actually getting to the middle class. not simply rhetorically fighting for the middle class but getting to the middle class. what has happened is the middle class has taken it on the chin for the last two decades. wages have been stagnant. so you can say all of the factions you want to say. as the union movement has declined, wages have become stagnant and the gap between rich and poor have grown greater and greater. so the bottom li
the question remains where now for america's union movement? joining me now to have the conversation is the president of the american federation of teachers, a great friend, randi weingarten. >> it is great to be here. >> eliot: what happened in michigan is destructive. it is bad. it is based upon false information. but it does reflect an unfortunate reality which is that the heart and soul of the public is no longer behind the union movement the way it used to be. how do we change...
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so there are 83 gun deaths every single day in america. there have been over 60 mass shootings in the last two years since gaby giffords was shot. there is a mass shooting in this country, three a month now 150 people shot a day. 83 die a day. and there's no background check requirement. so you could not design a system -- if your goal -- if the federal goal was to design a gun policy and system where you maximize gun injuries and deaths, that's what we have in the united states. >> eliot: john, i rarely let anybody talk that long without interrupting them but you gave such a perfect and concise and important synopsis of where we're failing and what we can do that i wish we could tape it, send it to every legislator and even those who oppose gun laws and say how after listening to this can you oppose what is so reasonable and rational. you talk about the gun shows in particular, the cash and carry as you describe them that are rampant in so many states around the nation. give us a sense. what are sold at the gun shows? you have all sorts o
so there are 83 gun deaths every single day in america. there have been over 60 mass shootings in the last two years since gaby giffords was shot. there is a mass shooting in this country, three a month now 150 people shot a day. 83 die a day. and there's no background check requirement. so you could not design a system -- if your goal -- if the federal goal was to design a gun policy and system where you maximize gun injuries and deaths, that's what we have in the united states. >>...
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. >> i know there's not a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. these children are our children, and we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this regardless of the politics. >> the president speaking there of his grief, sharing his feelings as a father as well as a president. as the nation reels from the shock and grief of this unthinkable crime, with young children as the most tragic victims and witnesses. >> well, when i was out in the hall when like everybody hurried. the bullets, they like went into a total panic. >> and how are you doing? what went on in your head as this was happening. >> whoa. >> a small and brave boy's account of this utter horror. the more chilling to know that 18 of his young classmates were killed on this day. let's go now to our justice correspondent pete wil
. >> i know there's not a parent in america who doesn't feel the same overwhelming grief that i do. the majority of those who died today were children, beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10 years old. they had their entire lives ahead of them, birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. these children are our children, and we're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this regardless of the politics. >> the...
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that's the reality of america, and we have to be honest about it. >> your assessment in the situation when you first heard about it, in terms of both the political side, the gun control question, the institutional side, the failure of an american sort of system in terms of protecting its own from a legal perspective. there are also a number of different sort of ramifications for this. >> what we do know is it's a tragedy, as you are reporting. we don't know a lot yet about what happened. mr. dyson was talking about what it means when we have our schools attacked and people in our schools, our students, our children, it's obviously incredibly stressful and traumatic, and we have seen that in school shootings that we've had repeatedly. not speaking specifically to this incident because we don't know enough, but speaking more broadly, we do know that we have a lot of rules about keeping guns out of schools and gun-free zones. we know that we have mass incarceration because we have more people many prison than any other nation. what we don't have from a policy perspective, speaking broadl
that's the reality of america, and we have to be honest about it. >> your assessment in the situation when you first heard about it, in terms of both the political side, the gun control question, the institutional side, the failure of an american sort of system in terms of protecting its own from a legal perspective. there are also a number of different sort of ramifications for this. >> what we do know is it's a tragedy, as you are reporting. we don't know a lot yet about what...
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america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> what we learned today, is richard wolfe is crazy, out of his mind. >> i'm not going to take it anymore. >> you're mad as hell and you're susan rice saying you're not going tyke it anymore.
america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> what we learned today, is richard wolfe is crazy, out of his mind. >> i'm not going to take it anymore. >> you're mad as hell and you're susan rice saying you're not going tyke it anymore.
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it's far from being a fringe belief in america. >> has there been any shift in attitudes that is, do more americans believe in a biblical explanation rather than just global warming, something that we can fix? do they think it a biblical explanation? >> we asked this question separately because they told us whether it was a result of climate change and a result of the end times and we did see that six in ten americans say that it's a result of climate change. so we have most americans on that side. again, the significant minority here and the real question is how much does it matter in term of what government action wants to do and it turns out that it matters. the perception of the facts matters the most. so those who don't believe that storms are getting more severe, just the fact of that are twice as likely to say that the government should do more to address climate change but among those who say that it's a sign of the end times, they are evenly divided on whether or not the government should do something to address this compared to more than two-thirds of those who say it's not
it's far from being a fringe belief in america. >> has there been any shift in attitudes that is, do more americans believe in a biblical explanation rather than just global warming, something that we can fix? do they think it a biblical explanation? >> we asked this question separately because they told us whether it was a result of climate change and a result of the end times and we did see that six in ten americans say that it's a result of climate change. so we have most...